Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 3.1. Commodity Groups and Representative Commodities
Typical Commodity
Categories
Commodity Groups
Typical Representative Commodities
1. High water content
Pome fruit
Apples, pears
Stone fruit
Apricots, cherries, peaches
Other fruit
Bananas
Alliums
Onions, leeks
Fruiting vegetables/
cucurbits
Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers,
melons
Brassicas
Cauliflowers, Brussels sprouts,
cabbage, broccoli
Leafy vegetables and
herbs
Lettuce, spinach, basil
Stem and stalk
vegetables
Asparagus, celery
Forage and fodder
crops
Alfalfa, fodder vetch, sugar beets
Leaves of root and
tuber vegetables
Fodder and sugar beet leaves
Legumes
Peas, mange tout, broad beans, runner
beans
Fungi (mushrooms)
Champignons, chanterelles
Roots and tubers
Carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes
2. High acid and high
water contents
Citrus fruit
Lemons, limes, mandarins, oranges
Small fruits and berries
Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries,
black, red, and white currants,
grapes
Other
Kiwifruit, pineapples, rhubarb
3. High sugar content
and low water
content
Honey, dried fruits
Honey, dried apricots, prunes, raisins,
fruit jams
4a. High oil content
and very low water
content
Tree nuts
Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts
Oilseeds
Oilseed rape, sesame, and sunflower
seeds, peanuts, soybeans
Pastes of nuts and
oilseeds
Peanut butter, tahini, hazelnut spreads
Vegetable oils
Olive oils, rapeseed oils, sunflower oils
4b. High oil content
and intermediate
water content
Oily fruits and their
products
Avocados, olives, and pastes thereof
5. High starch and/or
protein content and
low fat and water
contents
Dry legumes/pulses
Dried broad beans, haricot beans, lentils
Cereal grains and
products thereof
Barley, oats, rye and wheat grains,
maize, rice, bread, crackers, breakfast
cereals, pastas
6. “Difficult or
unique”
commodities
Cocoa beans and products thereof,
coffee, hops, spices, teas
